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Remove rear seat audio controls, but retain sound from rear speakers?

I know the work / school thing...

But if you saw my last message the diagram matches up to the plug on the right in your picture. You can verify by looking at the color of the wires on the plug that plugged into that side.

But otherwise notice the two piece "key" on the bottom of the diagram and how it matches up with the socket on the right side of your picture. You should be able to verify that the colors of the wires on that plug match up.

Rodney
 
Oh wow, didnt even notice that on there til I reread and looked over it. Hmm. Well that just verifies why I love the forums so much, people helping out people. Thanks so much guys. I will try to take the picture tonight. and if not, then tomorrow.

In other news concerning this RSA swap out, I got a faceplate cut with a waterjet out of some 12 gauge steel plate. Then I sanded it down and smoothed it out. Primed and painted gloss black and here is how it turned out

BEFORE

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FACEPLATE PAINTED

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AFTER

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I know this is an old post but I have a 2000 suburban 1500 with center console audio. I removed the console and now the rear SPEAKERS do not work. I tried jumperimg the plug end and now the radio is dead. My only has 3 blues, 1 green, 2 blacks, bw stripe, and 5 browns. Does anyone have the wiring spinout diagram which matches that ?
 
There are a couple of options does it look like this
 

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OK here it goes Pin b10-12 are not usedrsa.GIFrsa3.png
 
Be careful with the class 2 serial data wire if you ground it you'll cause some serious problems.
 
Someone wired an amp in & removed b4 I got the truck. Found blue accessories wire left running near passenger seat & battery red cable cut left under carpets...
Also found in center console dopes left crimp splice connectors cut off possibly able to short against each other 🤦‍♂️.
Trying take apart center console to better inspect wiring & stickey mess from very old drink spill never cleaned out...
Any suggestions how to remove radio controls without breaking?
Looks like previous owner already busted & I'd rather not make it worse.
 

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In the first gen that whole back piece comes off with a couple screws in the bottom of the console. then you lift out from the bottom and the top basically pops off. You already have the bottom off in your pictures. The wire taps you have in the picture on the left are a big no no. Those are intended for temporary connections only and are a very poor choice for interior. The wires need to either be soldered with heat shrink tubing over them or crimp connectors. I prefer soldering because I have never had a solder connection fail where as crimped connectors can fail over time as the wire works it way out.
 
FYI Solder Connections can fail - GO see all the instument clusters, AC Controls etc where the solder joint ends up cracking and circuit opened.

In fact pretty much the only place manufacturers solder is circuit boards.
Everything else has crimped pins (Male & Female) inside connectors. Weatherpack, Deutsch, etc
 
FYI Solder Connections can fail - GO see all the instument clusters, AC Controls etc where the solder joint ends up cracking and circuit opened.

In fact pretty much the only place manufacturers solder is circuit boards.
Everything else has crimped pins (Male & Female) inside connectors. Weatherpack, Deutsch, etc
Sorry, I will disagree with you here. A soldered wire connection done properly never fails because it becomes a chemical bond. GM welds their wires together when more than one needs to go together. But I don't personally have a wire welder nearby. Soldering is the next best option. A welded or soldered wire is nothing like a circuit board. You can heat the solder back up and remelt it but thats it. In some cases the solder can make the wire brittle thus the importance of protecting it with heat shrink tubing. In those cases as long as you don't bend it back and forth it again will never fail.

Already went through this and won't repeat myself. For automotive wiring what I said is 100% true and is what is taught in installer schools. The only thing that comes close to a "crimp" in any car today is when they install a wire into a socket or a pin. But those are specialized cases and in most cases use a special tool to get right. Which is not what is being discussed here and have no relevance.

I recently bought something new I am going to try in my next install. It is a piece of heat shrink tubing with solder in the middle and some sort of sealant on the edges. Going to do my next radio with this setup and see how well it works. You twist the wires together, slide this over them then heat it up. It is supposed to be similar to soldering.

I learned my "trade" about connecting automotive wires in a 2 week training session with Metra and held a Master Installer license for a period of time. Different trades will connect wires in different ways depending on the tools they have and what the wire is carrying.
 
it is ok to disagree.

But you have never read or seen a pc board with cold solder joints fail?
Like peeps on here needing new boards in the AC control or Cluster?
I have been reading about it for years on here.

Again solder joints can fail too probably not as much but they can fail.
 
Right out of high school, I worked at a factory that built certain well known office machines that used circuit boards as part of their construction.

The circuit boards were constructed from the individual component level upwards.

Having seen the process and also having known some of the people that performed those processes, I am still amazed that any of those machines made it out the door functioning.

:ROFLMAO:
 
it is ok to disagree.

But you have never read or seen a pc board with cold solder joints fail?
Like peeps on here needing new boards in the AC control or Cluster?
I have been reading about it for years on here.

Again solder joints can fail too probably not as much but they can fail.
Not even close to talking about circuit boards. Talking about putting wires together. You don't get cold solder joints in wires. You either get a good solder connection or you don't.

You twist wires together and solder them. They don't ever come apart if done properly without heating them back up.

On circuit boards cold solder joints are generally solder connections that were not done well enough or they got heated up too much when running and there was some stress on the chips or wires. Not happening with wires soldered together. Have seen the wire break if too small, but never have seen a soldered wire come apart. Or heard of one.
 
Me it depends on where the wire is & what conditions it'll be exposed to.
High vibrating area & heat like engine compartment ill stick to crimp connections & heat shrink. Areas in cab or places secured I like solder splices.
Navy wiring on jets we were only allowed to use x1 splice in a wire if needed x2 the whole thing had to be run new. Wasn't pleasant sometimes but great experience.
I figured out the panel the latches were much stronger than I expected. I thought the plastic was going to break before the release of meatal push grab clips.
I was able to epoxy/jb weld behind plastic panels where cracked from previous owner.
Takes extra time but I like to fix improve things while took apart, hate putting broken things back together unfixed.
I should have painted it.
Maybe I'll pull apart future days & paint to hide epoxy color.
 

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